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Step a billion years into the future—into the Ninth World, where
the remnants of previous civilizations’ technologies are indistinguishable from
magic. Based on Monte’s Cook’s Cypher System, a new RPG system that focuses on
story and ideas over mechanics.

I've "bought" my Ninth World Guidebook february 2nd 2015, and still haven't received it.

I tried to contact Montecook Games without success and tried to reach Tammy, her last reply to me was in april.

Still haven't got the book I helped to fund 3 years ago, but the book is available at stores around the globe. To add insult to injury, if I hadn't pledged to help the project I could get the books fasters and cheaper at Amazon.

What is the process to take if we never received the final book in the mail? Initially I thought it was due to having moved to a new address, but I know the people living at my old address, and they never received the book either.

Yes Ryan I have. I have received absolutely no response since they changed over to their own fulfillment system. On top of that, I sponsored The Strange at the $80 level and have received no info on that as well.

I have emailed Tammie several times and have received no reply. Not only on Numenera related items, but I haven't received a single thing for the Strange. I am only commenting here as I have exhausted every avenue I can pursue at this time. Ever since the switch-over, I have had no luck in any form of contact I have attempted. To say I am disappointed would be an understatement.

For those of you that have yet to receive your copy: you have to "buy" it in the Monte Cook store. They send you a voucher in the email. I must have missed that when it was sent. Sort of a bass-ackwards way off doing things, but I suppose it makes logistics easier for them.

I just cant back that one, there are typos all over the place and we do it the opposite way, in that we know the Difficulty and then multiply by 3 to get the Target number on the d20. Multiplying by 3 does not take a lot of time when the highest number would be 30.

New cover for Thunderstone just came in the mail. I was expecting a slip cover, not a whole new box top. That is excellent customer service. I'm really impressed how MCG and Alderac went above and beyond.

@ Michael. Its funny you mention Palladium, I live pretty close to their warehouse and bought a lot of stuff after some kind of scandal/embezzlement had threatened to destroy the company(?). This was several years ago but I have always liked their books (the system i am just kind of neutral about). For years they used to give out free copies of The Rifter at local gaming stores.
I'm guessing you bought all of the books (many not released yet), so I really hope that you will use them. It may be a MCG Product but its YOUR game.
I'm not one that loves Game Mastering by any means, but the system is really simple that even I drew up a small story arch for our group so they could get the feel of it.
I look forward to backing other projects together.

@Ryan
No worries here, friend. Yes, I'm bitter, but at this point I should just get over it. I've got $1300 invested in this game. I took a chance and was so extremely disappointed by the treatment. They took my money and didn't seem to care after that. Shanna was great, though, I'll say that much. My whole group was excited about me running a Numenera game (some of them backed, as well) but after the way I was treated even they have lost interest. I've read only a handful of pages. We've gone back to playing Pathfinder and will be starting a Dead Reign campaign. If you want to back a company that LOVES their fans, then Palladium is the way to go; been playing Palladium games for almost 20 years. Monte Cook Games could learn a thing or two about how to care for fans from them. I didn't even look at Strange, so disappointed.

But the books are great. The art is wonderful. It's time I get over the BS and crack open the books and give my PCs what they want. I will say, though, I'm likely done buying or backing anything from MCG. No more expensive broken promises, thanks.

@ Michael. I'm sorry you feel that way, but I understand. I had a bad experience with Onyx Path, and so even though I finally received Mummy: The Curse, I havent even cracked the cover open.
Its sad to think you have Dalthius and could run a great story where PCs learn about him and who he is,kind of like a character focus that might parallel a plot. I guess he wasnt as detailed as you thought he was going to be in the book.
If you dont want to talk about it here, feel free to email me at blackstock05 (at) comcast (dot) net
You seem like a cool guy and I think we have backed several of the same projects before